vegetation
gb/vˌɛd͡ʒətˈeɪʃən/ us/vˌɛd͡ʒətˈeɪʃən/
B1
Anglais
~ 8900
Sens
0 sens
Nom
B1
entity
1
all plants in an area
All the plants in a place, seen together as one group.
Schéma d’usage :
vegetation in [a place]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes confuse "vegetation" with "vegetables". "Vegetation" means plants in general in a place, not food on your plate. Also, "vegetation" is almost always uncountable in this sense: say "a lot of vegetation" or "thick vegetation", not "many vegetations".
Synonymes
plant life (Very close in meaning and register; slightly more informal and more often used in everyday explanations.)
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flora (More technical or formal; often used in scientific or written descriptions of the plants of a region.)
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greenery (More informal and visual; often suggests pleasant, green plants rather than a neutral or scientific view.)
Antonymes
bare ground (Describes land without any plant cover, the opposite of land covered in vegetation.)
Collocations
dense vegetation
|lush vegetation
|tropical vegetation
|thick vegetation
|sparse vegetation
|clear the vegetation
Thèmes
nature
|environment
|geography
|science
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- Thick vegetation along the riverbank makes it difficult to see the water from the road.
- The island’s tropical vegetation includes palm trees, ferns, and brightly colored flowers.
- Scientists are studying how climate change is affecting vegetation in the Arctic.
- Much of the native vegetation was removed to make room for new housing developments.
Exemples pédagogiques
- There is a lot of green vegetation around the lake.
- The desert has very little vegetation because there is not much rain.
- We walked through dense vegetation in the forest.
- The fire destroyed most of the vegetation on the hill.
Nom
literary
C1
state
2
dull, passive way of living
A very quiet and boring life with almost no change or activity.
Schéma d’usage :
live in (a state of) vegetation
Erreur fréquente :
This sense is rare and rather literary. Learners might try to use "vegetation" for "a boring life" in normal speech, but this sounds old-fashioned or strange. In everyday English, it is better to say "a boring life", "a quiet life", or "a life with no change".
Synonymes
idleness (Focuses more on not working or doing things, while "vegetation" adds a sense of long-term dullness and lack of change.)
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stagnation (Emphasizes lack of progress or development; similar idea but more common and not metaphorically linked to plants.)
Antonymes
active life (Describes a busy, varied lifestyle, which contrasts with a slow, unchanging life of vegetation.)
Collocations
a life of vegetation
|years of vegetation
|mere vegetation
Thèmes
lifestyle
|emotions
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- He feared spending his retirement in quiet vegetation, doing nothing but watching television.
- After years of social and cultural vegetation, the town finally began to change.
- She refused to sink into mere vegetation and signed up for night classes instead.
Exemples pédagogiques
- He did not want a life of slow vegetation in a small town.
- She felt her days were turning into quiet vegetation with nothing new.
- After many years of social vegetation, he decided to travel and meet new people.
Nom
technical
C2
entity
3
abnormal tissue growths (medical)
In medical language, a small mass of abnormal tissue, for example on a heart valve, often caused by disease.
Schéma d’usage :
vegetations on [a body part]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners may assume this medical use is related to normal plants, but here "vegetations" are abnormal tissue masses, not real plants. This sense is highly technical and mainly used in medical contexts.
Synonymes
lesion (A general medical term for damaged or abnormal tissue; not all lesions are vegetations, but both refer to abnormal tissue changes.)
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growth (A broad, non-technical word for an abnormal lump or mass; "vegetation" is more specific and technical.)
Antonymes
healthy tissue (Refers to normal body tissue without abnormal masses, the opposite of tissue with vegetations.)
Collocations
valvular vegetations
|infective vegetations
|vegetations on the mitral valve
Thèmes
medicine
|health
|body
|science
Exemples
- The echocardiogram revealed small vegetations on the aortic valve.
- Antibiotic therapy led to a marked reduction in the size of the vegetations.
- Infective endocarditis is often characterized by friable vegetations on the heart valves.
Exemples pédagogiques
- The doctor found vegetations on the patient’s heart valve.
- These vegetations are a sign of a serious infection in the heart.
- After treatment, the vegetations on the valve became smaller.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
vegetation
API
GB/vˌɛd͡ʒətˈeɪʃən/
US/vˌɛd͡ʒətˈeɪʃən/
Syllabes et accentuation
ve - get - a - tion (4 syllabes)
Stress on 3rd syllable (a)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: vegetation
- Plural: vegetation, vegetations
Famille de mots
Forms
vegetations
noun
Core family
vegetable
noun A1
vegetarian
noun/adjective A2
Related words
vegetate
verb
Advanced or less common
vegetative
adjective
vegetarianism
noun
Expressions
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